Topics - totalguy

after several attempts at doing thing with the cubieboard 2 and asking questions on here and so on and not coming up with much in the way of good results im going elsewhere. its sad to see this technology has a lot of potential but there's not enough people behind it making it work so im going for something else.

im disappointed to say the least but i guess ill have to go with the masses and get something better with more support.

i am looking to buy a wifi dongle for android and linux that would work with both of course and preferably not need to add anything extra to make it work. unless there is an easy how to so i could install the drivers.

i got my heatsinks for the cubieboard today they fit well see pictures.

the heatsink on the ram is offset and it doesnt cover the r am entirely, there iis a 1mm gap both sides but otherwise it fits very well. the cpu heatink is the perfect size.

i have several of these heatsinks and i will be selling these for cb1/2 (a pair). not sure about cubie truck yet i need to know about the ram chips. i believe there are 4 but are they the same orientation as cb1/2? if yes i could sell 3 heatsinks for cubie truck owners

is it that theres a ton of different linux images floating about of various different definitions and they keep getting updated instead of concentrating more on just a few and making them more updateable by performing a simple update without having to reflash the whole os again or even a different distribution.

i personally think cubian should be explored more and that worked with a lot more. theres a lot that can be done on a cubieboard but its getting it done is difficult especially when all these new os images come out/

what file system needs to be on a hard drive for the cubieboard to see it?

i want to find out for android and linux please. i assume ext4 on linux but is there one that both android and linux will be able to see?

also is 2100ma enough power for a ssd hard drive and the cubieboard 2? the cb2 powers up and runs android but because its a ssd drive i cannot tell if its running. i have it plugged into the cb2 with the supplied cable and i believe it takes something like 0.6a

can anyone tell me where i can get a video player for cubian desktop? i tried the terminal commands for one in tips and tricks section but im stuck on the make bit im in the right folder it told me to cd to but it cant find make

so far up until today every video file i put on a memory stock and plugged into my cb2 running android off nand it has played every file type going. however i have a file that is not playing sound and i tried looking in the settings and couldnt get it to work yet it plays fine on my pc via windows media player or vlc media player.

its an avi file dont know about codecs as none stated in the filename. is there any other siftware i can put direct onto android on the nand that will work slightly better than whats on there already? not keen on the idea of xbmc to be honest i cant get on with it, but other software i would be interested to know about.

i cant get phoenixsuite to work with an sd card when i put my micro sd card into my card reader t doesnt see it. i have used phoenixsuite for nand android image that was fine but it wont work for sd card.

ive recently been putting linux images on 2 different sd cards and i cant get an internet connection to work on any of them. i know 1 or 2 of the linux images did used to work with internet but they dont no more. i have chaged isp but that shouldnt matter? it works find with android on nand.

i have 2x cb2 and tried 2 sd cards on both boards still no ethernet connection working. i tried enabling dhpc server is it? using the command sudo dhclient eth0 but it does nothing it just gives me the same prompt again in the terminal window

ive been looking for heatsinks for my 2 cubieboard 2's and having little luck but i have found somewhere i can get ones to fit quite well. We are talking 2 heatsinks both the same size one for the 2 ram chips and 1 for the processor including thermal sticky pads.

the problem is i have to buy in bulk to get them so i was wondering if theres a market for this? the heatsinks are 20 x 20 x 6mm so will fit in the simple clear perspex case without modification. of course they will fit the clu cooler i think perfect but across the 2 ram chips would be slightly small but would cover most of the chips leaving approximately 0.5mm either side